Leonard Lowry Mays^[1]

1925 - 2011  (86 years)

• Name	Leonard Lowry Mays
  Born	7 Jan 1925
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jan 2011  [2]
  Buried	16 Jan 2011	Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee   [3]
  Person ID	I267737	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2014

  
  

  Father	Leonard Leon Mays,   b. 26 Mar 1901, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Aug 1977, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth "Nanny" Craig,   b. 30 Aug 1906,   d. 11 Feb 2002, NHC Healthcare  (Age 95 years)
  Married	5 Nov 1923
  Family ID	F103781	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Helen Loveday,   b. 24 Nov 1924, Knox County, Tennessee ,   d. 11 Jun 2010, St. Mary's Medical Center, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee  (Age 85 years)
  Married	Abt 1946
  Children	+ 1. Mays   2. Larry "Brubby" Mays,   d. Bef 11 Jun 2010   3. Alan Mays   4. Denise Mays + 5. Charles M. "Charlie" Mays,   b. 5 Mar 1954,   d. 8 Aug 2015, Blount Memorial Hospital, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 61 years)   6. Carol Mays
  Family ID	F103775	Group Sheet

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 18 Aug 1999. Pauline Loveday obituary [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 15 Jan 2011. MAYS, LEONARD LOWRY "PAPAW" - age 86 of Knoxville, was called home to be with his Lord on January 12, 2011. Born January 7, 1925. Lowry was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He was a member of Lonsdale United Methodist Church and was retired from Armco Steel Company. Lowry was a veteran of World War II in U.S. Army. Lowry is proceeded in death by parents, Leon and Mary Mays; wife of 64 years, Helen Loveday Mays; and son, Larry "Brubby" Mays. He is survived by children, Alan and Kathy Mays, Denise and Curtis Winton, Charles and Becky Mays and Carol Mays Lattimer; 12 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. Also survived by brothers & sisters-in-law: Bruce and Betty Mays, Knoxville and Harold and Paula Mays, Fayetteville, Arkansas; brother-in-law, Pete Loveday; sister-in-law, Edna Loveday; and a host of special cousins, nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. Saturday at Lonsdale United Methodist Church with a celebration of his life at 7:00 P.M. with Rev. Aldana Allen officiating. Family and friends will leave Rose Mortuary 1:30 P.M. Sunday and proceed to Highland Memorial Cemetery for interment at 2:00 P.M. with Military Honors by the Tennessee National Guard. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lonsdale United Methodist Church Building Fund PO Box 5565 Knoxville, Tennessee 37928. Arrangements by Rose Mortuary Broadway Chapel and online condolences may be made at www.rosemortuary.com [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 64129032).